TELL-TALE POINTS TABLES

GLENN CAMPBELL WAS BIGGEST POINTS WINNER FOR
VICTORIOUS SCOTS

So who were the most successful players in the men’s home internationals which finished earlier today at Pyle & Kenfig?
Here’s a table of each player’s results over the three days.

SCOTLAND

GLENN CAMPBELL 5 ½ pt (five wins and a halved match) *pictured right.
RICHIE RAMSAY 4 ½
JOHN GALLAGHER 4
PAUL O’HARA 3 ½
LLOYD SALTMAN 3
GEORGE MURRAY 3
KEVIN McALPINE 3
SCOTT JAMIESON 2 ½
SCOTT HENRY 2 ½
KEIR McNICOLL 2
JONATHAN KING 2

ENGLAND

OLIVER FISHER 4
JAMIE MOUL 4
GARY WOLSTENHOLME 3 ½
GARY BOYD 3
ROBERT DINWIDDIE 3
BEN PARKER 2
PAUL WARING 2
ADAM GEE 2
ROSS McGOWAN 1 ½
ED RICHARDSON 1 ½
STEPHEN LEWTON 1

WALES

LLEWELLYN MATTHEWS 4 ½
TIM DYKES 4 ½
RHYS DAVIES 4
CRAIG EVANS 3 ½
CENNYDD MILLS 3
BEN WESTGATE 3
ZACH GOULD 2 ½
NIGEL EDWARDS 2
RYAN THOMAS 0 ½
RHYS ENOCH 0 ½
CHRIS COUSINS 0

IRELAND

JONATHAN CALDWELL 5
DARREN CROWE 4
GARETH SHAW 4
RORY McILROY 3 ½
CONNOR DORAN 3 ½
NIALL KEARNEY 2
SIMON WARD 2
SHANE LOWRY 2
PAT MURRAY 1 ½
AARON O’CALLAGHAN 1 ½
SEAMUS POWER 0

MURRAYFIELD PRO-AM

CRAIG LEE EQUALS MURRAYFIELD
RECORD DESPITE A DOUBLE-BOGEY

Craig Lee equalled the Murrayfield course record with a seven-under-par round of 63 in the Bell Lawrie/Murrayfield Golf Club pro-am today.
Lee came to the par-5 last needing a birdie to beat the record but had to be content with a par figure.
Amazingly, his scorecard included a double-bogey at the sixth where he lost a ball.
He had nine birdies in all - at the first, second, fourth, seventh, eighth, 12th,14th, 15th and 16th in halves of 31 (three under par) and 32 (four under par).
The former Scottish assistants champion won the £1,500 first prize by two shots from a group of five players – Steven Gray, Paul Arthur, Mark King, Mark Loftus and Tim Mitchell.
David Park (Wishaw) led the amateur team of Stephen Thurlow (handicap 16), Gerry O’Neil (18) and Brian Smith (12) to victory with a net score of 17-under-par 53.
LEADING PROFESSIONALS
Par 70
63 C Lee (All Golf Swing Centre).
65 S Gray Hayston), P Arthur (Aberdour), M King (Kingsfield), M Loftus (Cowglen), T Mitchell (Murrayfield).
66 D Robertson (Czech Design).
67 K Walker (Castle Park), C Ronald (Carluke), S Aird, jun (Forres

WORLD UNIVERSTIES CHSHIPS

GORDON YATES SLIPS BACK - AND
SO DO GREAT BRITAIN MEN

Stirling student Gordon Yates had his worst round so far – a par 72 – and slipped down to joint third place on eight-under 208 in the men’s individual standings with one round to go in the world university golf championship at Circolo Golf Torino in Italy today.
Team-mate Daniel Willett from Sheffield and Jacksonville State University is in sixth place on 212 after a 71.
Great Britain fell back in the men’s team event to joint third place behind Japan.
In the women’s championship, Dunblane’s Heather MacRae had her best round so far, a one-over-par 73, and improved to 11th place in the individual table. The Great Britain women are ninth behind United States in the team event.

THIRD ROUND TOTALS
MEN
Individual
202 Chen-Chih Chiang (Chinese Taipei) 70 66 66.
206 Y Ikeda (Jap) 74 64 68.
208 G Yates (GB) 67 69 72, A Manning (US) 71 67 70.
211 A McAllister (Ire) 69 75 67.
212 D Willett (GB) 69 72 71, P Relecom (Bel) 68 71 73.
213 W Mitchell (Can) 78 69 66, M Campbell (Ire) 73 71 69, M Studen (Slo) 71 73 69, J Gill (NZ) 71 73 69, A Lethem (US) 70 73 70.
Other scores:
214 N O’Connor (Ire) 72 72 70. 215 A McCloy (Ire) 70 72 73. 219 P Hanlon (Ire) 73 73 73. 220 J Palmer (GB) 75 71 74. 222 E Parker (GB) 77 70 75. 224 A McKinley (Ire) 78 74 72.
Team
635 Japan. 636 United States. 638 Chinese Taipei, Great Britain. 641 Ireland, Canada. 644 New Zealand. 650 South Africa. 653 France. 657 Thailand. 660 Italy. 671 Switzerland. 687 Russia. 705 Slovenia. 739 Germany.

WOMEN
Individual
214 S Lewis (US) 72 71 71. 219 S Brown (US) 71 77 71, E Hara (Jap) 72 71 76. 221 M Vertchenova (Rus) 75 73 73, M Bazin de Jessey (Fra) 76 67 78.
Other scores:
225 H MacRae (GB) 76 76 73. 230 C Tucker (Ire) 77 76 77. 234 N Kitching (Ire) 82 78 74. 237 F Sanderson (GB) 77 83 77. 238 G O’Leary (Ire) 81 74 83. 246 O Briggs (GB) 82 83 81. 265 E Getty (Ire) 85 92 88.
Team
433 United States. 438 Japan. 443 Italy. 444 Chinese Taipei. 449 Russia, France. 459 Ireland. 461 Thailand. 462 Great Britain. 479 Germany, South Africa. 480 New Zealand. 492 Canada. 534 Slovenia.

MACALLAN NORTH DISTRICT SENIORS

HUGH CLUNAS SURVIVES LATE TRIPLE BOGEY
TO WIN NORTH SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP
By Robin Wilson
Hugh Clunas (Nairn Dunbar) won the Macallan North District Seniors Championship at Torvean Golf Club, Inverness today with a one over par score of 69 (33-37), one under the CSS.
Clunas birdied the fourth, seventh and eighth holes and then the 12th before running up a triple bogey 7 at the 16th. He held on to win by one shot from Fraser Urquhart (Inverness) and Peter Saggers (Nairn).
Saggers had the halfway lead after a super outward half of 31. More birdies followed before the the 15th and 16th holes cost him the championship. A visit to the pond at the short 16th was followed by two lost balls at the next holes to drop seven shots against the par of 3-4
Fraser Urquhart bogeyed the last in halves of 34 and 37.

Details:
Scratch
Championship Trophy - H Clunas (Nairn Dunbar) 70; H Urquhart (Inverness), P Saggers (Nairn) 71.
Age 55-59.
Scratch - G Stephen (Nairn Dunbar) 72. Handicap - G Elder (Torvean) (13) 63; D Bunker (Nairn Dunbar) (3), J MacDonald (Inverness) (12) 71.
Age 60-64.
Scratch - J Young (Moray) 73. Handicap - J Macrae (Torvean) (12) 63; M MacDonald (Inverness) (13) 66; J Crisp (Moray) (20) 67.
Age 65 - 69
Scratch - B C Milne (Elgin) 79. Handicap - B Blake (Torvean) (12) 70; J Wilson (Nairn Dunbar) (14), D Cameron (Inverness) (8) 72.
Age 70+
Scratch - C J Macleod (Moray) 73. Handicap - J Crockett (Moray) (12) 67; W Fraser (Torvean) (22) 68; T Jenkinson (Moray) (7) 73.

CRAW'S NESS TASSIE

AARON COULD BE LOCAL HERO IN
CRAW’S NEST TASSIE

Local man Aaron Sweeney is Scotland’s last hope of keeping the Craw’s Nest Tassie out of the hands of the English over the Carnoustie championship links on Saturday.
Aaron, a one-handicap member of Carnoustie Golf Club, will play James Pye, a +2 player from Preston, in the first semi-final.
The other is an all-England encounter between scratch player Stephen Brooks (Byth) and two-handicapper. Ian Kearney (West Lancashire).
Allen Cameron from Pitreavie is under the same pressure in the semi-finals of the handicap tournament for the Maulesbank Trophy, played over the Burnside course.
Allen, an eight-handicapper, plays Ian Beckett (Preston) (9) while Timothy Dixon (Bawtry), who plays off 15, meets Digby Holman (South Herts) (12) in the second semi-final.

Friday results:

CRAW’S NEST TASSIE – Carnoustie – Third round – J Pye (Preston) bt J Greenough (West Lancs) 2 and 1, W Bromilow (Chorley) bt N Self (Stand) 1 hole, N Hunter (Breightmet) bt J Robinson (Hornsea) 2 and 1, A Sweeney
(Carnoustie) bt A Webster (Blundells Hill) 4 and 2, S Brooks (Blyth) bt P Sargent (Haydock Park) 2 and 1, D Imrie (Thornton) bt K Dyckman (Haninge) at 19th, G Maher (Blundells Hill) bt G Marshall (Birstall) at 19th,
I Kearney (West Lancs) bt D Downie (Kirriemuir Players) at 19th.
Quarter-finals – Pye bt Bromilow 2 holes, Sweeney bt Hunter 3 and 1, Brooks bt Imrie 5 and 4, Kearney bt Maher 2 and 1.

MAULESBANK TROPHY (Handicap) – Burnside – Third round
C McNicoll (New Taymouth) (7) bt R Bush (Annanhill) (18) 4 and 3,
T Dixon (Bawtry) (15) bt P Smith (Finchley) (4) 3 and 1, B Power (North Manchester) (10) bt P Smillie (East Herts) (11) 7 and 6, D Holman (Southy Herts) (12) bt A Byrne (Fairlop Waters) (14) 2 holes, I Beckett (Preston) (9) bt K Hayes (Heaton Park) (16) 4 and 3, A Jacobs (Prestwich) (11) bt D O’Neil (Blundells Hill) (14) 6 and 5, P Langston (Beau Desert) (5) bt A Pennington (Grange Park) (8) at 20th, A Cameron (Pitreavie) (8) bt J O’Reilly (Swinton Park) (20) 1 hole.
Quarter-finals – Dixon bt McNicoll 4 and 3, Holman bt Power 1 hole, Beckett bt Jacobs 3 and 2,

MEN'S HOME INTERNATIONALS

SCOTLAND RETAIN RAYMOND TROPHY
BY BEATING ENGLAND 10-5
Scotland have retained the Raymond Trophy as winners of the men’s home amateur international matches at Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club in South Wales.
It is the first time the Scots have won the title two years in a row since the 1981-82.
They beat England far more easily than was anticipated – 10-5 after taking a 2pt lead in the foursomes.
England had lost the foursomes in their first two matches with Wales and then Ireland – and come back strongly in the singles for overall victory.
But Scotland’s strength in depth meant there was no weak tail for the English to mop up on the third day.
Richie Ramsay, promoted to the lead-off singles, responded with a 3 and 1 win over Ross McGowan after being two down at the turn.
Scott Jamieson, one up after nine, lost by 2 and 1 to the Walker Cup youngster Oliver Fisher.
Glenn Campbell, the most successful player for Scotland over the three days, beat Jamie Moul by 1 hole after being square at the turn.
Lloyd Saltman, “batting” No. 4, won by 2 and 1 over Gary Wolstenholme who lost two of the first three holes.
Scottish match-play champion Kevin McAlpine lost by 3 and 2 to Walker Cup player Robert Dinwiddie 3 and 2.
Scott Henry, who came on to his game over the last three sessions of play, beat Ben Parker by 2 and 1 after being one up at the turn.
Keir McNicoll went down by 6 and 4 to Adam Gee who was four up at the turn.
Jonathan King, who had not been having the best of home series, came good in the end when his country needed him. He beat Paul Waring by one hole after being two down on the seventh tee.
John Gallagher, the third most successful Scots player during the week, halved with Gary Boyd after being four up on the seventh tee.
George Murray, a great man to have in the tailgunner’s position, won by two holes against Ed Richardson.
Wales beat Ireland 8-7 to relegate the Irish to the bottom rung of the final table.
Scottish skipper George Crawford was, understandably, elated in his post-match comments.
“I always felt we could do it,” he said. “I was confident but there is always a premium on putting. You also need a little luck and we got the breaks at times, especially against Ireland. But this is a great boost for Scottish golf on the back of Richie Ramsay’s win in the US Amateur.”
Details:
SCOTLAND 10, ENGLAND 5
Foursomes: Scotland 3 ½, England 1 ½ (scroll down to get the details in our lunchtime report).
Singles (Scotland 6 ½, England 3 ½).
Ramsay bt McGowan 3 and 1.
Jamieson lost to Fisher 2 and 1.
Campbell bt Moul 1 hole.
Saltman bt Wolstenholme 2 and 1.
McAlpine lost to Dinwiddie 3 and 2.
Henry bt Parker 2 and 1.
McNicoll lost to Gee 6 and 4.
King bt Waring 1 hole.
Gallagher halved with Boyd.
Murray bt Richardson 2 holes.

WALES 8, IRELAND 7
Foursomes: Wales 2, Ireland 3 (scroll down to our lunchtime report for the details).
Singles: Wales 6, Ireland 4.
Davies bt McIlroy 2 and 1.
Edwards bt Ward 7 and 6.
Thomas halved with Shaw.
Cousins lost to Caldwell 5 and 4.
Gould lost to Crowe 2 holes.
Mills bt Lowry 3 and 2.
Dykes bt Murray 4 and 3.
Enoch lost to Doran 3 and 2.
Evans halved with Kearney.
Matthews bt Power 2 and 1.

PETROFAC YOUNG PROS PRO-AM

DOUBLE WHAMMY BY FRASER
McLAUGHLAN AT INCHMARLO


Fraser McLaughlan (Bothwell Castle) won the £450 top individual prize in the Petrofac Young Professionals’ pro-am at Inchmarlo Golf Centre, Banchory today.
Fraser had a round of one-over-par 70 over the Laird’s Course, finishing two shots clear of Derek Watters (Largs), Scott Grieve (Kings Acre) and the Royal Musselburgh pair, Norman Huguet and Calum Smith.
McLaughlan scored a double whammy on a sunny day by leading home the amateur trio of Mike Henderson (8), Graham Mackintosh (12) and Chris Robb (2) with 144 Stableford points.

LEADING PROS
Par 71
70 F McLaughlan (Bothwell Castle).
72 D Watters (Largs), S Grieve (Kings Acre), N Huguet (Royal Musselburgh), C Smith (Royal Musselburgh).
LEADING TEAM
144pt F McLaughlan (Bothwell Castle) & M Henderson (8), G Mackintosh (12), C Robb (2).

EUROPEAN SENIOR MASTERS

SAM HAS A NIGHTMARE START AT WOBURN
Pre-tournament favourites Sam Torrance and Mark James face a massive salvage job after finishing the first round of the European Senior Masters at Woburn on a combined total of nine over par.
James, who beat Torrance in a play-off to win this event last year, had just one birdie in an opening round of four over par 76 to end the day 10 shots off the lead held by Spain's José Rivero, who had a brilliant 66.
Faring even worse was Torrance, the European Seniors Tour No. 1, who faces a massive challenge following a 77 that contained five birdies, four bogeys and three double-bogeys.
James said: "If I don't shoot 66 or better tomorrow then I am toast and I'd say Sam is in the same position. I can't believe the pair of us scored like we did: you would have thought that one of us could have ground out a level par round."
Torrance has made a habit of starting slow this year, but it has not prevented him from winning four times - and twice in the past two weeks.
"Everything went wrong today. I seem to like setting myself even bigger challenges," said Torrance in reference to starting with a 76 at last week's Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open and then coming through to win by one.
The Scot's troubles today started when he blocked his first tee shot into the trees and made bogey. Worse was to follow at the next. After flying his seven-iron approach over the green, Torrance was faced with an atrocious lie and in trying to move a nearby twig, his ball moved and he was penalised a stroke before going on to make a double-bogey 6.
Sam never recovered from this horror start and eventually signed for a five over par 77, which leaves him languishing in 58th place in a field of 73 golfers.
Lenzie's Mike Miller, who followed up his third place finish in the Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open at Dalmahoy with a round of 73, shares the honour of being the leading Scot with Eyemouth's Craig Maltman.

FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD

66 José Rivero (Spa).
69 Pete Oakley (US), Horacio Carbonetti (Arg)
70 Luis Carbonetti (Arg), Juan Quiros (Esp)
71 Angel Fernandez (Chi), Bob Lendzion (US), Stewart Ginn (Aus), Rodger Davis (Aus), Gery Watine (Fra), Ian Mosey (Eng), Guillermo Encina (Chi), Manuel Piñero (Esp), Paul Leonard (NIr), David J Russell (Eng), Bruce Heuchan (Can), Denis O'Sullivan (Ire)
72 Denis Durnian (Eng), Glenn Ralph (Eng), Bobby Lincoln (SAf), Terry Gale (Aus)
73 Simon Owen (NZ), Noel Ratcliffe (Aus), Mike Miller (Sco), Carl Mason (Eng), Gordon Townhill (Eng), Bertus Smit (SAf), Craig Maltman (Sco).
74 David Creamer (Eng), Gavan Levenson (SAf), Neil Coles (Eng), Eamonn Darcy (Ire), David Good (Aus), Bill Longmuir (Sco), Jerry Bruner (US), Tony Johnstone (Zim), Alan Tapie (SAf), Victor Garcia (Esp), John Chillas (Sco), Tony Charnley (Eng), Jean Pierre Sallat (Fra), Malcolm Gregson (Eng).
75 Martin Poxon (Eng), Doug Johnson (US), Ray Carrasco (US), Martin Gray (Sco), Kevin Spurgeon (Eng), Bob Larratt (Eng)
76 Alberto Croce (Ita), Jim Rhodes (Eng), Jeff Hawkes (SAf), Peter Teravainen (US), Mark James (Eng), Maurice Bembridge (Eng), Liam Higgins (Ire)
77 Adan Sowa (Arg), John Mashego (SAf), Sam Torrance (Sco), Delroy Cambridge (Jam), Jimmy Heggarty (NIr), Mike Ferguson (Aus)
78 Kurt Cox (US), Nick Job (Eng), Rigoberto Velasquez (Col), Emilio Rodriguez (Spa).
79 Rex Caldwell (US), Bob Shearer (Aus), Craig Defoy (Wal) .
81 Gordon J Brand (Eng) .
82 Antonio Garrido (Spa).

PGA EUROPRO TOUR

JOINT RUNNER-UP EUAN LITTLE
EARNS HIMSELF £2,650

Dumfries-born six-footer Euan Little earned £2,650 as joint runner-up in this week’s PGA EuroPro Tour event which ended at Whittlebury Park, Northants today.
Twice Scottish youths champion, 30-year-old Little, playing out of Country Tipperary Golf Club, had rounds of 67, 67 and 69 for a 10-under-par total of 203 for the par-71 course. He figured in a quadruple tie for second place behind three-shot winner Russell Claydon, the 40-year-old who played the European Tour from 1989 to 2004 and won once, the 1998 BMW International Open.
Claydon had rounds of 65, 71 and 64 for 13-under-par 200 and a £10,000 payday.
South Wales-based Paul Doherty, the former Scottish boys’ match-play champion, scored 66, 69 and 70 to finish joint seventh on 205 and earn £950. He finished with an eagle 3 at the 536yd 18th after a double bogey 6 at the 10th.
Jamie McLeary from Kinross came joint 15th on 208 with scores of 67, 71 and 70 for 208 to pick up £467. He birdied the 13th and 17th in his final round but will be rueing two double bogeys on his inward half on Thursday.
Carnoustie’s Eric Ramsay had a double-bogey 5 at the short sixth in his final round but covered the remaining 12 holes in five under par for a 69 following scores of 70 and 71. He finished tied 24th on 210 and earned £335.
Aberdonian Graham Gordon, Scottish amateur champion in 2003, earned £290 for a joint 30th finish on two-under 211 with scores of 71, 69 and 71.


Leading final totals
(Par 71)
200 R Claydon (Eng) 65 71 64.
203 S Robinson (Eng) 68 73 62, E Little (Sco) 67 67 69, M Searle (Eng) 66 67 70, W Bennett (Eng) 64 69 70.
Other Scots scores:
205 P Doherty 66 69 70.
208 J McLeary 67 71 70.
210 E Ramsay 70 71 69.
211 G Gordon 71 69 71.

CRAW'S NEST TASSIE

GRAHAM MARSHALL BOWS OUT AT 19TH
IN THIRD ROUND TO GARY MAHER


Graham Marshall from Birstall, Leicester, beaten in last year’s final and the title winner three years ago, bowed out of the Craw’s Nest Tassie tournament in the third round over the Carnoustie championship links today.
Marshall, the No 7 seed for the second year in a row, lost at the 19th to Gary Maher from Maylands.
There are only two home-based Scots in the quarter-finals – Andrew Sweeney from Carnoustie and Davie Imrie (Thornton).
Results:
CRAW'S NEST TASSIE
THIRD ROUND
James Pye (Preston) bt Jon Greenough (West Lancs) 2 and 1.
William Bromilow (Chorley) bt Neil Self (Stand) 1 hole.
Nigel Hunter (Breightmet) bt James Robinson (Hornsea) 2 and 1.
Aaron Sweeney (Carnoustie) bt Andrew Webster (Blundells Hill) 4 and 2.
Stephen Brooks (Blyth) bt Philip Sargent (Haydock Park) 2 and 1.
David Imrie (Thornton) bt Kevin Dyckman (Haninge) at 19th
Gary Maher (Blundells Hill) bt Graham Marshall (Birstall) at 19th.
Ian Kearney (West Lancs) bt David Downie (Kirriemuir Players) at 19th.

MAULESBANK TROPHY (Handicap)
Over Burnside course
THIRD ROUND
Craig McNicoll (New Taymouth) (7) bt R Bush (Annanhill) (18 4 and 3.
Timothy Dixon (Bawtry) (15) bt Pat Smith (Finchley) (4) 3 and 1.
Brian Power (North Manchester) (10) bt Peter Smillie (East Herts) (11) 7 and 6.
Digby Holman (Southy Hertrs) (12) bt Andrew Byrne (Fairlop0 Waters) (14) 2 holes.
Ian Beckett (Preston) (9) bt Kevin Hayes (Heaton Park) (16) 4 and 3.
Anthony Jacobs (Prestwich) (11) bt Des O’Neil (Blundells Hill) (14) 6 and 5.
Peter Langston (Beau Desert) (5) bt Andrew Pennington (Grange Park) (8) at 20th.
Allen Cameron (Pitreavie) (8) bt Jimmy O’Reilly (Swinton Park) (20) 1 hole.

MEN'S HOME INTERNATIONALS DAY 3

SCOTLAND LEAD ENGLAND BY TWO POINTS
- BUT WE DON'T THINK IT'S ALL OVER !


Scotland took a 3 ½-1 ½ lead over England in the morning foursomes in the title-deciding clash on the third day of the men’s home amateur international matches at Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club, South Wales.
But let’s not be too hasty in thinking that means Scotland are home and dry as winners of the Raymond Trophy for the second year in a row.
England have lost the foursomes to Wales and Ireland on the first two days and come through to win the matches by making up the leeway in the singles.
Scotland’s winning pairings were Richie Ramsay and Scott Jamieson (by 2 and 1 over Moul and McGowan); John Gallagher and Keir McNicoll (by 3 and 1 over Lewton and Parker) and Kevin McAlpine and Scott Henry ( by 4 and 3 over Richardson and Boyd).
Ireland lead Wales 3-2 after their foursomes.

MORNING FOURSOMES DETAILS

SCOTLAND lead ENGLAND 3 ½-1 ½
Saltman & Murray lost to Fisher & Wolsteholme 3 and 2.
Ramsa6 & Jamieson bt Moul & McGowan 2 and 1.
Campbell & O’Hara halved with Gee & Dinwiddie.
Gallagher & McNicoll bt Lewton & Parker 3 and 1.
McAlpine & Henry bt Richardson & Boyd 4 and 3.

WALES trail to IRELAND 2-3.
Cousins & Thomas lost to McIlroy & Caldwell 1 hole.
Davies & Gould lost to Crowe & Shaw 4 and 2.
Edwards & Mills lost to Ward & Doran 1 hole.
Dykes & Westgate bt Murray & Lowry 7 and 5.
Evans & Matthews bt O’Callaghan & Kearney 5 and 4.